George Schermer, director of Detroit’s Mayor’s Interracial Committee, provides testimony before Robert Montgomery, Chairman, State Affairs Committee, Michigan House of Representatives
Item
Title
George Schermer, director of Detroit’s Mayor’s Interracial Committee, provides testimony before Robert Montgomery, Chairman, State Affairs Committee, Michigan House of Representatives
Description
George Schermer, director of Detroit’s Mayor’s Interracial Committee, provides testimony before Robert Montgomery, Chairman, State Affairs Committee, Michigan House of Representatives in support of state fair employment practices to help alleviate economic discrimination, which is the basis of many of the problems afflicting Detroit's Black community. The Mayor’s Interracial Committee was established to improve race relations following the 1943 Detroit Race Riot. April 18, 1951. Detroit Commission on Community Relations (DCCR)/Human Rights Department Records, Part 3, Box 74, Folder 8. Click the image to read the first two pages of Schermer's testimony.
Date
April 18, 1951
Identifier
UR000267_74_08_002
Publisher
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University.
Relation
Digital Master Record
Rights
When this material is shared, credit shall read: Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
Source
Detroit Commission on Community Relations (DCCR)/Human Rights Department Records
Subject
Discrimination in employment--Michigan--Detroit | Discrimination--Law and legislation